Criminal accusation

Detective stories are one of the most complicated genres there are. With a good detective story comes many aspects: a good crime, a thorough investigation, some red herrings to throw the reader off, and a lot of action. But, most of all, detective stories need a good and qualified detective at the helm. Easily the most famous of all detectives in the genre and possibly the world is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. Being the most enduring character of detective stories, he is known for…

Imagine not knowing why one was afraid to open the trunk of their car. Forgetfulness is a sign of an unreliable narrator. According to www.nownovel.com, an unreliable narrator is a character who tells the reader a story that cannot be taken at face value. In “Strawberry Spring” by Stephen King, the narrator is a serial killer who kills students on campus and attempts to portray the infamous Jack the Ripper. In “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the narrator has postpartum…

procedure. It was through the motif of music used throughout the course of the novel by Burgess that I came to understand the complexity of such a procedure, that it did not just take away Alex’s criminal instincts, “the first graduate from the new State Institute for Reclamation of Criminal Types, cured of his criminal instincts in a fortnight only, now a good law-fearing citizen and…

In criminal law, a guilty conviction means that the defendant has been found beyond any reasonable doubt to be guilty of the crime. In cases of homicide not all of them are considered crimes the only case when it is regarded as a "not guilty" is the plaintiff proves beyond any reasonable doubt that it was a self-defense act that led to death. This means that the murder was not premeditated, intentional, followed by malice aforethought to kill an individual. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet follows the…

Retributive Justice in Agamemnon and The Sailor who fell from Grace with the Sea The concept of retributivist justice is best understood as the form of justice ruling that “those who commit certain kinds of wrongful acts, paradigmatically serious crimes, morally deserve to suffer a proportionate punishment” (Walen, 2016). In Aeschylus’s Agamemnon and Yukio Mishima’s The Sailor who fell from Grace with the Sea, the concept of retributive justice influences the emotions and actions of the…

The Devil in the White City 11-27-17 Zachary S. Johnson I will be writing a summary over the book "The Devil in the White City", this book is very interesting because in my opinion it shaped how people think in modern day times. Before this people didn’t look over their shoulder while walking down the street, but now everyone does. In the summary I will be telling you why people look over their shoulder while walking down the street. This novel takes place from 1890-1895, the two architects…

Issues in Policing? Policing has been around for a very long time in society. Policing is simply the duties and tasks that police officers have to perform to maintain law and order in communities. Polices perform such duties as traffic control, criminal investigation, keeping peace, and other helpful services to citizens. Over time, policing has changed tremendously and has had a great effect on today’s society. Police officers are faced with many challenges when it comes to enforcing the laws…

Vanessa Pham both the offender and the victims need to be recognized. Theories of justice allow the criminal justice system to learn about different ways to better the system as a whole and take into consideration societies needs. The parallel justice should be looked at in our criminal justice system because it may help lower crime rates and help victims and offenders become more satisfied with the criminal justice system as a…

Family can be the strongest relationship, bond or connection you can have, but it only takes one person to break the unity. In the novel, Lullabies For Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill and the memoir The Liar’s Club by Mary Karr they all show that one’s negative actions can severely impact the rest of the family, even if it is not deliberate. One’s bad behaviour can separate them and their family from society. Their uncontrollable actions can tear their families apart. In addition to that,…

The oppression of groups by way of law is a mainstay method of population suppression. When individuals are confronted by unjust laws they, for the most part, act in accordance to their self-interest. As a result, those that are oppressed use the law their advantage to combat their oppressors. This can range from civil disobedience when necessary, as enacted by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Or by breaking the unjust laws in a brash manner, quickly bringing attention to the creeping injustice,…